Meaning and history
The name means “Greece” in Hebrew and is probably related to the Greek Ἴωνες (Iones), the name of the Ionians. In the Old Testament, it is the name of a grandson of Noah and the ancestor of the Greek peoples.
20062006: 114 births, rank #1,391
2007: 103 births, rank #1,527
2008: 98 births, rank #1,603
2009: 102 births, rank #1,581
2010: 72 births, rank #1,940
20112011: 95 births, rank #1,611
2012: 50 births, rank #2,488
2013: 61 births, rank #2,165
2014: 52 births, rank #2,429
2015: 50 births, rank #2,486
20162016: 48 births, rank #2,587
2017: 46 births, rank #2,672
2018: 40 births, rank #2,943
2019: 35 births, rank #3,259
2020: 23 births, rank #4,275
20212021: 30 births, rank #3,651
2022: 25 births, rank #4,184
2023: 32 births, rank #3,566
2024: 25 births, rank #4,200
20252025: 27 births, rank #3,949
In 2025, 27 babies were recorded with the name Javan, ranking #3,949 among boys.